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• Quantum offers $5K deduplication appliance for SMBs

  Quantum this week unveiled a backup appliance for $5,139 that offers smaller businesses 8TB of capacity and data deduplication capabilities typically reserved for its higher end hardware.

• Wash your hands: ATMs are germ havens

  Swab tests recently conducted of public surfaces in six major cities revealed that ATMs are among the worst carriers of illness-causing germs.

• RIM's free apps, tech support get measure of support

  Reaction was somewhat positive to Research in Motion's compensation offer to its customers after last week's global BlackBerry outage that lasted as long three days for some users.

• RIM says BlackBerry email delays continue worldwide

  BlackBerry email service delays continued globally Wednesday afternoon, while BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging and Web browsing were still down for many regions of the world after three days.

• RIM global outage caused by core switch failure; fix under way

  BlackBerry service delays experienced by users around the world on Tuesday were caused by a core switch failure within the infrastructure of Research in Motion (RIM), the company said late Tuesday.

• JetBlue supports iPhone -- as long as it's the employee's device

  ORLANDO -- Since it almost went under in 2007, Jet Blue has undertaken several cost-saving and technology streamlining initiatives, including outsourcing its data center infrastructure and rolling out desktop virtualization this year in support of its 14,000 employees.

• Cuscal Limited looks to disk-based backups

  Owner of the RediATM network, Cuscal Limited, has announced it will implement a new backup system aimed at protecting production and disaster recovery in its data centres.
  

• Disaster recovery: The next generation

  Traditional disaster recovery has undergone a fundamental shift as simple backup strategies are replaced by technologies that create resilient businesses.

• Orix puts Android, iOS app development into gear

  Fleet leasing company, Orix, is set to create smartphone applications for Android and iOS, following major enterprise resource planning (ERP) and disaster recovery (DR) projects.

• Tips for an effective disaster recovery plan

  According to some estimates, 2011 has become the year of billion-dollar natural disasters. With floods, storms and fires now a top-of-mind business risk concern, IBM has announced six tips that individuals, businesses and government agencies can use to help prepare their IT environments for natural disasters and a wide range of other threats.

• Cloud-based storage improves disaster recovery at Situs

  When Bill McCown joined The Situs Companies six years ago, the Houston-based real estate consulting firm was anticipating growth, and the company figured its tape-based backup systems would need to be upgraded. Then came September 2008, when Hurricane Ike slammed into Houston.

• Don’t rely on government for a resilience plan

  Members of the private sector who were hoping that the federal government will come to their aid when a disaster strikes should think again according to the Attorney-General’s first assistant secretary, Mike Rothery.

• Twitter, Facebook light up after East Coast quake

  Just moments after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the East Coast on Tuesday afternoon, Twitter and Facebook lit up with the news.

• Apple issues Lion disk disaster recovery tool

  Apple on Monday released a utility that builds a Lion recovery disk on a USB flash drive, giving users a way to restore their Macs if the machine's hard drive fails completely.

• Verizon makes its satellite dishes available as standard service

  Verizon announced it is turning its 19 years of responding to hurricanes and disasters with ground-based mobile satellite technology into a standard service for a variety of businesses and governments.